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      JIBS . ELLIS AND HEB TAMILT . ^ receiTed in reference to fins OTfTarer under weaive system the follorajg cosmnnioationa , 5 ? J !^ eTOibHsb . bo& in justice to the generous psitieB SSSS ttay emanate , and that if Mrs . Bills be 2 S « eaV accept tie offer , her friends may have 2 sE » I making the arrangements : — " Alcott Honse , Ham Common , " 261 b . Jan . 1843 . „ PEAB 5 IB . Hill-On reading- the northern ^ && " 1 & , fl 16 SpMt moved me almost to tears ^ . , r ^ our toother Ellis and his forlorn family . ** rVomB time reflecting on-what could be dona to " * ihB children -of the expatriated patriot from the * T ? JnsedEsncea of thai present position , I -was moved ^ TT sD ^^ to lecommend their case to the attention * » rar Ester , and suggest that we might take OSE of ^ ^ iflren into onr Coneordiran , to receive Its main-* " 12 X education as an adopted child . Mi Oldbe

      ZZhowerer , suggested that an offer ^ migUl made than ons of thB children . His proposition yon ^ n « nl recorded in the accompanying note . « T » as verj -much pleased to read your remarks in **» « me taper , on the present position of the Rational S ^ pW at Harmony HaQ ; as well as your a 4 Tice to ff ^ S j . ana Socialists never to oppose escfc other . " t' ^ L e . juTa the same end in view , namely , the * rinatiott of man from the inflnence of the evil *? £ 2 i Teliocms , and sodal eonditionB in which they cEuiiauouiiuiokwioii for the last

      no loM been . « " «»« S ^ T ^ cfiral Socafes twenty-five years , ^ noccasions urg ing the principles and practice Sjl cr jjj preference to all other modes of reform . TfTvLss prmciples have induced me always to give a r ^ -nThsnd to any individual or party to the extent fc ^ JTmdinea *> move;—waiting patiently till * & -were coBviiiced to go farther . Go on , my Dear « v to use all parties to cry aloud for the people to be 5 ^ 3 ot ihe land , that they may thereby work out l ^ f paHScsl independence . * T-ff ^ love to Mr . Hobson and yourself , " ¦¦ Yours , " Alex . Cakpbkil . " " Tfitm Common , " 27 th Jan ., 1 S 43 .

      "DSiB Sf& , —One of our family iaving introduced notice the appeal to the pnolie in the Northern t ^ aTbSa lf of " the widowed Mrs . Ellis , 1 reflectedirfssi sonW be done by us for her bene&t , and it < ^^ redto ffl * that by some exm industry on our part , j ° ^^ g asffitoce on the part of our friends , we ; ^ a raaerfcia tb board , lodging , washing , clothing , ; ii e ( in » Soo of two out ofher four children at abonti . if oar SBSl cbargB . i w sboBl ^ pounds a year for each can be secured fam ii&J responsible person or persons , and paid fL tslT in advance , 2 will willingly take two , either tan nr P * & ** ° * eachi and Flace tllEin tm tbe ' gmmfooSK as ^ H thB other children in the school . jjfc l ^ . provided they are of gcwd organization and

      ¥ ^ U they « hoosa to remain in the Institution after &ey azBaxteenyearsof age a fret provision will be jgj ^ j for them for life , er if they prefer it , a position ^ kioedfar them elsewhere . » i fprl < ae a Prospsctns , and am , " Dear Six , " Toms , respectfully , •¦ Wjl Oijxhaii . "' ^ jsospsctts > a 2 , o ? the tibst coxcoiuWKH , OB JSDZSlilXL HXSX 05 T COLLEGE , HAUCOJCXDS ^ SI 3 BET . ° Tbe Spirit requires LeTe conditions , Light Condi-{ Jam , snd Life conditions . « The Domestic circle furniihes Hie Xove conditions _ &as 3 through which and by which the Spirit can pnsate the deepest sympathies .

      " The School , or social circle , famishes the light esS&oia—ibose through which the Spirit can geneaJe jateEigenee and the delights thereof . "lbs labour cirtl& furnishes the life conditions—Ssw ftiwjh which the Spirit can generate nses and "gis ple&rarea Qiereof . " ^^ Gbeates . " Ihe projector of the Concordium idea having obfchea thslease-fDrniture , &c , of the premises formerly

      known m the Alcoti House Educational Establishment , it T **™ Common , Surrey , to be nsed-solely for the nni-Terail good , has , in association with other friends of jrcerea , comaienced the practical operations of It ; and is Qni and ihe former Praspectus endeavours to aet istb the present state of progress and its future prospects , together with its basis , principles , and objects , jail the nsumET and means by which it is designed to airy itiot&exscstian .

      "Tie Caacordinm is in the delightful neighhour-Jg » a cJBsflanajid , fen miles from Hyde Park Comer . ! Q » PTtwit tj tla grounds is about three acres , of most ereeTknlsoil , itff m kinds of horticnlbiral pnrpcses . Abed ire hsBdred excellent fmit trees and bushes have been added to the garden , which in a few years , TiH become a productive orchard , and supply , to a frai extent , simple and pure food for the family , at &&me time increasing the beauty of the grounds . "TheiBinber of associates at present is about twelve . Bs premises are capable of accommodaiang about eighty psxs ^ including fhn ^ mn" BASIS .

      ¦ E » basis of the Concordinm is love , as manifested a petasa , wiBdom , power . t ? iib spirit is that which paaJa , th 3 t inspires and that sustains the Goncordist Saaitmsybe termed the Concord-spirit , or uniting feR&aa .

      "TS . TSCITLES ASV OBJECTS . "B » s > fety , xeeognizing the spirit law , and submitiagtsit , endeavours to supply the conditions -best liijted to itsTEqnirements . "Ihss conditions are the kindest and most enduring -i& ! kb , the wisest and most true judgment , and the saiix& £ a £ gable indnstsy . "Us working out of these means , in harmony with Vat xaoreisLl laws , will be the constant aim of the fireeton aadmEmbera . "Hence it jls their duly and delight to exercise an liirtcal undeviatii ^ sympathy with all creatures who Rase Baaer th « r iiofice , without respect to class , toncrjjfli other contingent drcamstances . of

      ^ "Tba principles and general plan the Establish-*»* hiTe been stated in the first prospectus ; bnt we * 2 l Kpeat , ihat the object of thi « Inititntion is to cSa ii-Tsntageous -niwtTiii for the evolution of hi oral ** Bs 3 sice , dear intelligence , and vigonrous bo 4 fly iahfcsoil strength , in which the theosopher , thephi-^^ ss , theman of sdence , the poet , the artist , and Bjs utian , ujay find an agreeable field of action eomfesd-Hiih a primitive home , where , free from all care B 3 siaiety about the future , each may elaborate his vn Jos idwjin practical social life , nnannoyed by the ^^ oest obstructions which ao generally prevaD in the S ^ PSJaveworia .

      "Jreeflom of feeling , thought , speech , and action , * 0 at tH Smej ^ g encouraged ; while the excesses of * fil * D ba prevented , and the utmost endeavour ^ eu to dCT ^ ope a tests for the good , the true , and the « saM in all filings , " 3 I £ A 5 S . " ¦ ffhen faiily estabSshtd , it is presumed that the * rs' » l sources of income which are proposed will be * k $ > aJe to its healthy mpport and extension . They ] £ fc ^ vir , the entrance fees ; the receipts of the ™ WSjvb department ; theprodncsof $ hslab&xsr of the ^^ en ; the donations of its patrons . Swaid these means ever exceed the expenditure , j ~ 1 ® Pl'a to be devoted for ever to the extension of ^ J' ^ MSta here proposed to mankind in other dis-WSi n conntries .

      " G 0 TEK 5 MEST . f * " ^ fsem rf Sovemment is patriarchaL It consists > i ~**« la , xad the ExecuUve Counca appointed by ~»* i » 'K ] j , as mncn as poaatBie , street all itoafih&B ~ 5 ^« i - ^ th the -whole of tha family , asthedaDy ^ ° *» Eay demand . " ABanssios of mehbebs . Tla Pata is ncre prepared to receive propesals ^^^ cSDdidateB , male orfcmale , for probationary r * * ^ oi for children for the school- The former r ^^ aupon probation for three months , when if ^ BBJ * 5 « to tfcey win be taken into full memberjo ^ f'f ''ho are actual producers , by skiD or ""Sji" * " * har expenditure , will not "be required to ^^^ aEyibDg to the funds beyond their personal

      "tiaa . *? l Profoce more than the consnmp j *!^ 11 ! 8 ! about ten pounds admisiion fee when re-Ute S ?* 0 ^ 1 * - & *** after this they win beprom ' ebu ^^* 1 l 0 Dd > c 3 otbllIS > l ° dSiB&' -washing , „ " PSOPESTT-* Hi ^ $ ' fDldtoe . &e- » brought in by a member * ° 3 ta ^ wt a ^ P !* ^ , in theirown possession , ^^ fie tska away jf he or she leaves the lasti-^ " t off ^ * " trllate ' « wDl at any time have -a ^ oaai ^ Lz Coroordium proper ^; it is ever to ***» to ^* 8 Bd : not indiviauaL a *; s ^^ ' ^ nnnerjfion whatever is given to any icsqaJ *? ^ ws and for love , without aay cen-^^^^ JWmkry reward .

      "Use i * F Ilxs O * XEHEEES . i ^ ^^ 0010 ^ ® " * 1 *^ 61116 ™ ? ai * ided li * is * tZi \ £ * * f * & & ioura for " ^^ lahom Je s * iSnJz tt £ t of the sodBtj ; eight houM Ira . " iJl pa ^ r *^ 5 and eight hours for sleep . ^ S RaiSv 16811 * iw « b ^ nbig the dearest know-^ fcoabe ? ^^ EhoBM ** industrioualy HBed by ^ '& ** slltot ! t ? ' " ^ t «^ ven to every . variety J ^^ eetei ^ : ? ** development of the body , ^ I ^ eS l * 11 «» t 5 s productive , useful , good ,

      ' * *** ad A ^ TAX s - t <> sesbbbs . ^^ fioa ih ? "" ? osea in tee Concordinm are , fe * &xS »^ g % * ? cdeBe « ^^ ^ P ^ - ^" eoEta ^ T ' i i ^ 1 ^ J ^ cnierahls toon of iils *^ s VSKsA sTsrs icfliTidual ja She wafts

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      of ordinary society ; exemption from the fears of poverty , from lent and taxes , from debts and debtors . "Security of fine healthy air and exercise , baths , books , lectures , and lessons in various subjects in idence , art , and philosophy . "By a concentrative union of afftscHon , judgment , and industry , will be secured a moral , intellectual , and phyaieal prosperity ; and , so far as concord can be actaalised , will adversity be unknown , and all means applied to the one great end—man's highest destiny . " Every member is , as far as possible , emancipated from the cares and anxieties of riches and poverty , having all needful supplies of food , lodging , clothing , and education abundantly provided . *• Every member has an equal right to all the privileges of . the Institution whilst subject to its laws . "Single beds are provided for all , and every enfieavonr made to promote domestic comfort .

      " DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE . " Occasional missionary tonrs will be taken by thOBe best qualified for the work , in order to diffuse the knowledge of the principles and progress of the Society , reports of which will be published , at least annually . Tracts and beaks will also he circulated .

      " EDUCATIOS . " The school consists of children of both sexea , and all ages , who will be under the constant supervision of suitable teachers , according to their age and requirements . " The usual course of instruction will be given to all aB they are able to receive it , which will consist of reading , writing , mathematics , grammar , and elocution , geography , geometry , and drawing , and any other ¦ useful knowledge -which may be found practicable , the object being to develops all the powers of the triune organization , a nd to render them as perfect and complete as they are capable of , in the best conditions the directors are able to provide for the purpose . " ¦ The terms are from four to six pounds a quarter , paid in advance , which includes tuition , clothes , washing , board , lodging , and nse of books . No vacations are given , except at the request of parents .

      " Each member may be alternately a pupil and a teacher , according to the nature of the lesson given and their several qualifications . "The great variety of subjects taught , and the ¦ v&riBty of teachers employed in the work , will give an expansion to the conditions for devalopement that cannot be had in ordinary schools . " Several handicraft works will be carried on in the Concordium , and , as far as practicable , taught to the pupila .

      " APPEAL TO THE PDB 1 JC . "Asageneral principle , thB Institution is & selfsupporting one . . At the entset , however , funds from extraneous sonrces will be needful ; therefore , the friends of beneficence are respectfully appealed to for their kindly help in this love labour , either in the shape of advice , money , books , implements , fruits , apparatus , of any useful or ornamental kind , that benevolence may suggest . " The friends of -virtnous liberty have now an opportunity of placing orphan and destitute children in the happiest circumstances , for their progress as universal beingB , at a very moderate expence ; or may here secure constant provision for the honourable and industrious of-either sex , and of any age , provided only that they conform to the simple rules of the Society . " Arraxgemerjts may be made with parents to enter the Establishment with their children .

      " Persons of limited independent income , would find great advantages by entering such a house . " Any further particulars that may be required will be cheerfully given , upon applying , either personally or by letter , to the Pater , at the CoDegc "Wm . Oldhah , Pater . * ' Cancerdium , Jan . 1 , 1843 . "

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      "VIEWS OF THE PARISH CHT 7 RCH . TO THB EDITOB OP TB 1 KOBTHEBS STAB . Sib , —It is now about fifteen months since I finished a series of jdrawingB of the Parish Church , which were submitted to the inspection of a lady named Sharp ( who seems to be in the employ of the Yicar and Church people ) , who , at the time , expressed her admiration of them and left * my house . She came again about six o ' clock the same evening , and requested that my wife would go to the Bank School , as it was her intention to introduce the . drawings to Dr . Hook and other clergymen ithere being several at the presentation of a piece of plate to one of the Rev . Gentlemen connected with the Parish Chnrch who was retiring from ill health ) at the conclusion of the service , & 0 . Miss Sharps , agreeable to promise , introduced the drawings

      to the notice of the Yicar and others , present . After criticism of about twenty minutes , Dr . Hoek handed to my wife the portfolio containing the drawi-gs , with the injunction that she was to send her husband to the Ticarage in the morning with them , and be sure to keep them dean . When morning arrived , I went , as was my custom , to see if I could find employment at my trade , being then , as 3 am now , dubbed " a cropper out of employment ' On my return from my useless mission about nine o'clock , Miss Sharp had been at my bouse , and read a note , which she said she brought at the command of the Yicar , and which stated that the drawings were to be taken to Mr . Chantrel ] , the architect of the Pariah Church , for his opinion as to their correctness , 4 c . and also for valuation , as the Vicar intended to give what he ( Mr . C . ) would reasonably value them at , hoping the man might be paid for his labour . I accordingly went to Mr . C , at Oatiand ' s

      Cottage , but did not see him . I left the note and drawings , and went again the next morning , when Mr . C . was pleased to say that my drawings were by far the best he had seen of the Church , and not like the advertised caricatures of the pretended artists , who were unworthy the name . In fact , so pleased was Mr . Cwith my production , that he put in the gates , that were in- course of erection , himself , and said that he would tell , in confidence , the value which he intended to attach to them , and that I might make use of his name wherever the churches were mentioned in my presence . The worth of the pictures , says he , in my opinion , is more than I will set upon them , as you may get a number to do . I therefore say to yon , in confidence , that 1 value them at two pounds each , at which price I hope yon wil ] dispose of many , as they mnst have taken you a great length of time , ( abont a quarter of a year . )

      After leaving Mr . Cs . I took them to the Intelligencer and other newspaper offices , but unfortanately , I met none of the editors but yonraelf , after which I delivered th&m at the Yicarsge The same day that I left the drawings at the Vicarage , I was waited upon by Miss Sharp , who stated that Dr . Hook had made a present of one of the pictures ( the Consecration procession , S . W . Yiewi and that I must see Tiini , I therefore went to the Yicarage and was informed that the Doctor was at Church , and that 1 might see him at the close of the service . At the conclusion of the sermon the Doctor said that he had presented Mr . *——— , with one of the views , and that I must furnish another , in order to make good his lot AH this took place in the chnrch whilst Ihe Doctor was in his robes . 3 finished another according to his order , and left it at the Yicarage .

      In a few days after , I met the Doctor in company with another gentleman in Kirkgate , when the Doctor gave me a soverei g * , saying that there were four views , and that would be at the rate of five shillings each for them , and that he would give me some more when he saw me again , as that might be useful at present , I being outof employment . The following week , 3 saw the Doctor at the Yicarage , when he gave me another pound , saying , that that would be at tie rate of ten shillings each , that he bad

      not seen Mr . ChantrelL In the course of a few days , I called agaip , and was informed that he bad seen Mr . Chaatxell and that he lu ^ expifiBsedLhia . approbation oj tlie-ri * nrs 7 Tjas no cw reiaacl pn too * pises , relative to the price of Ihem . He further stated that he had shewn them to Ms . Headen , the celebrated Historical painter , who , he aJso stated , was so pleased with my production * , that if they 'were Bent to London for the purpose of fithograpbing , that he would superintend the work gratuitously , there being little minutiae that would have to be attended to in case of their being bo

      printed . On my next visit to the Yicarage , I received from the Doctor half-a-crown , with orders to wait uponMr . Chantrell , Mr . Burrows , or others , to know ¦ what the ' expence of lithographing wonld be , and who was the most proper person to perform the work , as he would head a subscription for the purpose . I waited upon Mr , Chantrell , who Btated that he did not exactly know what the cost of lithographing would be , but he thought that 3 Ir . Masser would be a likely person to execute the work would be

      Mr . Burrows was of opinion that the work best executed in London , bnt was afraid that it wouM be a bad speculation , as a great many of Mr . Greens and Mr . Massert viewsiadbeen disposed of , and that might put my friends to a great etpence without the ; hopes of any remuneration foi mjsdf . AUflmj I told thelOoctor , wbe » he told me that I might make nse of his name whenever I thought it might be advantageous to me relative to the drawings . It was months after ere J saw the Yicar ( though I often called at his residence ) bnt being . pressed for rent , and very ill at the time , I sent my wife one morning to the vicarage , when the Doctor toW her that ie had no "ticketstewup . " and she must apply to Mr . Hills . My wife said that X did ™ wait any tickets , bnt wanted s ^ settle . me ^ t toto drawing- <* the ***¦<*** » J * j £ rave her a shming , saying fiat he had setfled for Sim . She toSto that we did not think so , and .= that it was not a MflttemMflrMBen ; whereupon he

      '' iSSSS mSi myself the next morning , being then a moSTtting person to be ^ waited upon Jj a ; aK ^ assr iSt ^ s £ mmmmm much oblbr * . By the advice of a few inends , I went to ^ r ChattiwrB Office in order to get a note from htm I to bTSSII flta C having ft ** rt my ™>* »»

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      O&Hand ' s Cottage that he wonld tell the Doctor verbally the value of the picture , ) in order that there might be BOmi 8 tafco about the price , and as evidence for me afterwards . Oa inquiring for Mr . C . I was told by one of the yeung men , that he was in London , and that Dr . Hook had addressed a letter to him relative to my drawings , and if I would only wait a few days that they would be settled for . After waiting about sixteen days , I called again , when I wasinformed that they had heard nothing ; I was , therefore , under the disagreeable necessity of sending his Reverence a Pontefract Court summons . The case came on for hearing on the second of January , when nearly the whole of the above was adduced in evidence on my part , without the least contradiction The Vicar was defended by a solicitor , who nsed his endeavours to make it appear to the Court that there were only three drawings ; in this he completely broke down . The moBt singular feature in the case of Mr . Chantrell , was

      that he stated he could not tax his memory with what took place so loEg ago ; but admitted in his cross-examination byme , that all I stated was correct , and that they weie a great deal better than the advertised drawings , in factthfty were the only good drawings of the church he had seen , and that they were worth between two and turee pounds each , " as works Of art , ' { a sentence which he never used In my hearing before . ) Three of the drawings were now produced in Court , at the request of Mr . Marshall , when Mr . C . renewed his former praise of the pictures , but left the place he occupied in Court , and coming close to Mr . Marshall he said that they were certainly worth the money , aa works of art , tui Mr . O'Rouke was not a professional man , but a journeyman cropper cut of employment , and had never received a lesson in drawing in his life , consequently they were not so much worth as if done 1 > j a professional man . The case at once assumed a new form , as Mr . Marshall said that he thought a sale was not proved .

      Mr , Chantrill was all charity , as was also Mr . Marshall , together with all professional , and would-beprofessional , gentlemen in court i I stoutly maintaining that it was not charity I wanted but payment for my labour . The vicar being in Court , and he saying that he had no particular use for them , the verdict was , that I must have the drawings back , pay the expenses , ( fifteen ahlUingB and ten-pence , including summons ) and keep the two pounds four shillings and sixpence received . The Vicar , evidently ashamed of the job , said as Mr . O'Reuke was a poor man and out of employment , he would pay the expences ( and he put his hand in his pocket for the purpose , ) when Mr . Marshall , with a waive of his hand , ( 1 suppose a professional one ) said , " he would not allow it . " John 0 'Rouk . e . Wheeler-street , Jan . 11 , 1843 .

      P . S . —I have sent twice to the Vicarage for the pictures , and the messenger was told to call on Thursday for an answer ; however , at tbe conclusion of my long letter , a young man from the Vicar ' s attorney called with three of the drawings , which are in a sad damaged state , being dirtied and torn to such a degree that they were three poumls worse than when delivered . Here is an end of the history of the Pariah Churches , as drawn by Your humble servant , J . OR .

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      v TO THE CHARTIST PUBLIC . Upon the necessity of the establishment of a national benefit society as part and parcel of our political organization for the purpose of ameliorating tha present distressed condition of the working class , the assistance of political victims , or marked men , and thereby to help forward , our mighty cause .

      TO THE EDITOB OF THE JfOBTHERN STAB . Allow me , most respected Sir , through the medium of your Star of liberty , te call the attention of my fellows to the above-named all-important objects . Brother philanthropists and straggling slaves , beholding in the misery and abject wretchedness , that hath overtaken thousands of our fellow mortals , through the closing of their lescources by the legislation of the master class , the awful gulf into which it appears bnt too evident that the great mass of the toiling class will be plunged , except we arrest the progress of this golden scourge , t&iB wealthy plague , with ita iron Juggernauts , its numerous monopolies , and its monster monopoly—class legislation—to tffdct which it is necessary that our Organization should be most perfect ,

      that all ita weight may be brought to bear upon the barriers of the dominant faction , To ' perfect our Organization it is necessary that we should pay as much attention to the physical wants of our members as to their mental cultivation ; in more homely phrase , we must add to our lectures on moral power and union , a weighty edition of Bacon ; our ranks are poor , aud are still becoming poorer ; indeed , many have sacrificed their all in the cause ; many have been driven from house and home by prejudiced employers for advocating our cause to perish in the streets and lanes , with their wives and little ones , and thousands have been engulfed in that ruin which we prophesied would overtake us , and had united by all our energies to prevent , —bad the middle class been Christians , they would have joined us , and together we should have accomplished our truly Christian object ; but they have stood aloof ,

      and many of them are now suffering for their shocking and evil deeds ; but let us make up for their lack through our own extra exertions . Had we begun the work in the few years of apparent prosperity that preceded this crisis , we should have effected our ¦ purpose years since . Bat remember the old adage , " Better late than never . "' Let us endeavour to repair the errors of the past by improving tbe present time . And seeing that tbe propriety of a Convention or Conference Is urged to alter and amend the Plan of Organization , I desire to lay before the people a Plan for a National Benefit Society , which I have , after much pains and study fiom time to time , drawn up with a view to meet the various circumstances of tbe working class , that they may be amalgamated into one great Union , Jar the assistance of each other through the manifold trials of our present system .

      If the Editor of this paper will allewme space therein to lay the plan I have prepared before the conntry , I would gladly avail myself thereof , as I think it should be laid before tbe country previous to the meeting of the Conference to amend the Rules , that the people may instruct then * delegates thereon , in order th&t both subjects may be considered and a plan adapted to the wishes and wants of the people be set in a fair way for accomplishment . Some may object , that this is too much to attempt at once . But let me remind them of our industry and energy ; what fortunes thereby we have made for

      others } Let us therewith make one mighty effort for ourselves , and we shall find all obstacles crumble before us . Forget not that all are not reduced to wretchedness ; that many have yet a penny to spare for this saving purpose , and will give it , and more , to save themselves from that wide gaping maw of horrors wheiein bo many of their fellows are enduring a more than hell upon this fruitful earth . Hoping you ¦ will pay some attention to this snbject , I remain , Yours , in truth , Gbacchus .

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      TO THE EDITOB OF TUB NOBTHEKN STAR . Sib , —With your permission , I beg to call public attention to an article upon the Noith Midland Railway in the Lteds Mercury of last week . Your contemporary in the fulness of his joy and happiness at what he terms "the present working of the Railway , * ' forgets to state " the causes" whieh led to -the u lamentable event" of sending a spirit unbidden into the presence of its Maker . Be that task mine . But first , I must state for the public satl- fiction , that I have made a searching inquiry into the slanderous charges which tbe Mercury has bolstered up ( for what

      purpose you may readily guess ) against the old and really experienced enginemen , and find that there-is not the slightest , jfi&dow of foundation fbr _ Mu > i * « hsrgea . Had the j been Hue , tee Mercury would not have failed to trumpet to the world tke names of the slandered individuals . I now defy him . With " anonymous" and " aiarmivf writers the public have nothing to do ; it b the fads written by them to which the Mercury and the public must turn their attention . Truth is truth , though the writer or speaker of it should be the Arch-Fiend himself ; and it really would be more respectable and becoming on the part of the Mercury to grapple with facts than to have recourse to the mean

      subterfuge of aspersion and slander . To resume , the causes of the late lamentable " manslaughter" of poor Sir . Hsrvey , and the consequent bereavement of his broken-hearted widow , left as sh 6 is in a delicate ' state , and which must render her grief , her desolation , and her loss more poignant are—First , the resignation of the old Directors , becaosej as they said in their report , they could not , not tvould not consent to the reduction then proposed , and now carried ont by the ( then ) Committee ( now Directors ) of this Railway , Second , Because , as the old Directors said , " that rednction was about to be carried beyond the point of efficiency and safety . " Third , Because reduction has been carried out , and its first fruits are the loss of

      from £ 3000 to £€ 000 in the Company's property alone , not to speak of the immense loss to the Company arising from the terror-stricken publio taking other conveyances rather than risk being manslanghtered , as poor Mr . Harvey has been . ; My last letter of facts was written and copies of it in London a week before the manslaughter took place , and how dreadfully have my predictions been realized , and what an awful respoMxibility mvst zest on the shoulders of those directors who planned , and executed those reckless deeds in defiance of the warnings of the press , the experience of the old and practical directors , and the publicly expressed opinion » f every servant upon the line .

      Allow me to ask yon , Mr . Hudson , as the prime mover of thJ j railway revolution , whether or not I have proved in f . oe columns of the Railway Magazine , that you are , and have been , participating in an unjust profit of from £ 2 , 000 to £ 6 , 000 yearly , ; which ought to belo / jg to the shareholders , and which wonld more than cotbt yonr proposed reduction of the wages of this ^ deserving body of engicemen ! i'ow , if you was to give np this £ 18 , 000 to the ah" itcholders . tke dreadful ixperhntntof confiding the 1 * ves of hundreds of human beings to the care of unexperienced , and intfikiebtmtn , would never have been

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      toed , nor would Mrs . Harvey have had to bewi « the death of her affactionate husband , nor would the rai 'road have been bestrewed with the blood and brains of poor Mr . Hsrvey , the carriages doubled op like paper , ' . and the company ' s property and reputation ruined a . >< l made a finger-post of , as the road to ruin , and as th e bye-word of scorn , and execration to the world . I would ask those Directors whether they have not broken thehr Act of Parliament , granted to them coni i " ? wv pnblio aa > om » iodation and public safely should be the grand desideratum for their consideration ? Knowing , as they must have dene , the inexperience and uvjvlntss of Jenkins , fo » his situation , 1 have no hesitation in saying that they are morally guilty of the manslaughter , If thty are not legally guilty .

      I put the question to any rational being , is it for a moment likely , that the mim , Jenkins , would wilfully run hia engine into another train , when he well knew that the chances were a thousand to one against his own life being saved ? If I understand Backstone and Cooke aright , death from self-defence or negligence , constitutes mraslaughter ; now the evidence does not prove either one or the other of those things ; incompetevey was the sole cause of the manslaughter , and if Jenkins be convicted , and the . directors pass unscathed , then I say that trial by jury is a farce , and a complete libel on the laws of England . JenkinB never was a "fitter" or " mechanic , " he blacksmUb /

      was a s atriker at Greenhead , for three years with Matthew Tindal , he was jobbing upon the Newcastle and Carlisle railway foi four yearB , but was a fireman only a few days . He had been a fireman upon the North Midland about one year . Alas , Messrs . Mercury for your veracity , the " truth" of your articles is seen upon the face of them . According to you , Jenkins mnst have been a mechanic in embryo , or have had a very precocious genius for mechanism ; he is now only turned twenty-one years of age , yet you have made him a mechanic * * " or " fitter's" apprentice , Beven years old when bound an apprentice ; it might be true , but I must aay that I , for one , cannot believe it .

      I now quote from my last letter why engine-men should have seven shillings a day : — First—Because the safety of the lives and limbs of her Majesty ' s subjects , and , indeed , of her Majesty ' s person , are dependant upon their " skill ' and " experience . " Second—Because their constitutions are early wrecked by their employment , and they are prematurely superannuated . Third—Because they are subjected to double expences by being tbe greater part of their time miles from their home , which brings their wages to a level with the mechanic , or stationary engineer , with this difference , that the last-mentioned enjoy health , safety , and comfort , while the locomotive engine-man has his health sacrificed , safety endangered , and comfort annihilated .

      I might say macb of tbe doings of the Fox Cabery , and of tbe simplicity of the Qooae Marshall , for standing the brnnt of his mishaps , together with the intimidation ami coercion used by certain parties to " make " incompetent men take upon themselves the part of engine-drivers j but my letter is already too long , and , I am not " anonymous , '' though lam PUBMCO . P . S . I have learned , since the closing of my letter , that petitions are at all the hotels and coffee houseB in the town , praying the Directors to reinstate the experienced engine-men . Djes not this speak volumes ? Ptjblico .

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      TO THE EDITOB OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir—You will perhaps allow me to correct a fake impression , relative to the course I pursued at the late Conference , conveyed by one of the leading articles in your paper of the 21 st instant In the article alluded to there occurs the following passage : — " And to what conclusion shall we come respecting the honesty and sincerity of the party ( the Complete Suffragists ) who having rejected that proposition { Mr . Lovett ' s ) yet brought forward , through Mr . Somers , an additional amendment , embodying that same proposition , in the mere hope of dividing their opponents' ranks by catching up a few "flats" in the " rejected" net . In this passage you unhesitatingly make me the tool of the Complete Suffrage ' party , bringing forward an amendment at their dictation and for the furtherance of their party ends .

      Now , sir , what predicament would you be placed in were I request you to produce tbe evidence which justifies you in bringing such a grave charge against me ? Where would be your proof f Would it not fritter down to a mere suspicion , founded on no fact , but lurking only in your own mind ? And yet upon the strength of such suspicion you publicly and unceremoniously degrade into a mere party hack one who can say without vanity , that in aii his public acts ¦ he has been influenced by no stronger motives than tbe freedom of his country and the welfare of his fellow men . Come , oome , Mr . Editor , this won't do . This is not democracy . Allow me , iu vindication of injaelf , to declare , that ao far from being influenced by any party to bring forward my

      amendment , I did not so much as hint my intention of proposing such an amendment to a single human being until I proposed it publicly in the Conference -, and as to tbe object I wished to serve by the amendment , I also solemnly declare that my sole object was to remove an obstacle which the Billy prejudice of the parties had raised to tbe progress of the : business for which the Conference was called . The amendment occurred to me while sitting in the Conference during the speeches of Mr . Lovett , Mr . O'Connor , Dr . Ritchie , and others , who spoke before me- The speeches en both sides convinced me that tbe point of dispute was the most paltry and insignificant that could possibly be imagined , but yet one which was calculated to

      provoke the pride and sectarianism of both parties ; and that therefore it waB the duty of every friend of union to propose such a course as would give a triumph to neither party , but conciliate and do justice to both , and so prevent the disruption of the Conference . It was with these views that I felt it to be my duty to propose that both the Charter and the Bill of Bights be taken equally and conjointly as tbe basis of discussion . The more I consider and examine this proposal , the more am I convinced of its soundness , of its entire freedom from sectarianism , and that bad it been adopted , it would have smoothed the proceedings of the Conference , and done much to secure that unity of aim and action which is so essential to the success of

      onr common cause . You have fallen into anotber error , Mr . Editor , when yon insinuate that Mr . Lovett proposed to lay both bills on the table before my amendment was moved . The fact is , that my amendment was moved at the commencement of the discussion , and Mr . Lovetfs proposition was not made until the close . This is important ; because what higher eulogium could be passed on my amendment than for Mr . Lovett to rise after a long and protracted discussion , and in the name , and as the representative of the whole Chartist party , propose to withdraw his own amendment , and adopt mine , providing that the Complete Suffragists would make a similar concession .

      Was not this an open acknowledgement that my amendment was wiBe , prudent , conciliatory , and well calculated to settle the point in dispute ? By Mr . Lovetfs proposition tbe Chartists have stamped tbe seal of their approbation on my amendment , and I cannot but believe that the great bedy of the Complete Suffragists would have done the same had there not bee i an apparent predetermination on the part of some of their leaders to stand or fall by their motion . I regret that any of the Complete Suffrage leaders should have been so dogged . I have ever condemned , and still continue to condemn their conduct in this respect I have condemned it in private , and I condemned it in public , so far as 1 could , by remaining with the majority of the Conference , after the Com--plete Suffragists seceded .

      But what < s therein ail these Circumstances to justify jantohorsrrttiat tacte « «» tto poppet of a patty ? I bring forward my amendment candidly , without consulting privately the opinions of any man , or any party whatever . Moderate men on both sides approve of it ; one party offers to agree to it , the other refuses ; the votes are taken ; I stand by my amendment , I vote for it and for it only ; and yet the organ of tbe party who offered to agree to my proposal turns round and charges me with being the tool of the p * rty who rejected it . He must be blind indeed who does not see tha utter groundlessness of such a charge . And why am I thus anxious to remove this charge ? , Because I hate to be thought the tool of the Complete Suffrage party , and wish to court the favour of the Chartist ? No ! But because I hate to be thought the tool of any party . I went to the Conference as free from patty spirit as I

      could poBaibly divest myself . I went not as a Chartist or aa a Complete Suffragist , but as a lover of my conntry . I held no inflated opinions of the superiority of either party , bat believed that ; there were good and honest men in both parties . Oa the one side I saw the active spirits of the working millions , and on the other the noble minds of the middle class ; the indispensable energy of unenfranchised masses , and the equally valuable power of electoral privileges . My determination , therefore , waa to consider , not what would best promote the triumph of either party ; bat what would best promote the unien of both and tbe triumph of the common good . And now I have the inward satisfaction of believing that I sustained this determination throughout the whole proceedings of the Conference , and proved that while I could do justice to both parties . I weuld bend to the prejudices of neither . . ;

      It is no doubt agreeable to see the triumph of tha ' party to which we belong , and there may be some who would prefer disunion rather than sacrifice party feeling ; but when such selfish gratifications . involve the freedom of a country and the interests of oppressed millions , it ^ would be baseness not to relinquish them . It would have been well had parties in the Conference kept this maxim constantly in their remembrance . I fear , however , that they have displayed uiore anxiety to gratify their party feelings than to relieve the oppressions of the multitude . Instead of uniting they have divided—instead of ' giving one bill to the country , they have given two—instead of forming the people into one fira and united phalanx , they have broken them up into sections , agreeing in principles and even in details , and differing only iu name and leadership , yet hoatils to each other , contending with each otber , and tearing and reading the country

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      with strife , as if it were not tarn and rent enough already by the tyranny of the oppressor . It is impossible not to sea tbe effects of each division It will throw back the cause of freedom , bow long I cannot tell—but if pTeased for an answer I would say until men agreeing on principles have tbe sense to unite . No doubt such union will come at last . ) Iu the meantime , however , I must enter my solemn protest against k mch folly , and hold parties responsible for every hour * "hich their factiousness adds to the termlof the people ' s Bit , very . I I am , Sir , Yours in the cause of freedom , Ne wton Stewart , Robert Somers . 27 th Jan ., 1843 .

      [ We gi ve this letter with Much pleasure . The fact that Mr . Somers remained with the Conference afcer the secession of the Sturgemen was not known to us , and we wrote under the impression that be had gone witfi them ; whieh we think would have justified the inference we drew . That fact establishes Mr . Somers ' s exemption from any unfair party bias , and his claim to the title of an honourable independent man . We thinfe Mr . Somers is in error about tbe proposal ef Mr . Lovett We believe Mr . Lovett ' s proposal was made to tbe Council of the Complete Suffragists before the resumption of tbe debate on the morning of the second j day , though the announcement of it to tbe Conference was not ma 2 e till the close of the debate . —Bo . Jf . S . l

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      TO THE CHARTISTS OF LANCASHIRE . It has been suggested to me by some of our Manchester friends , to offer a few remarks in the Star , calling on the " good men and true" of your district to assist the Association at Manchester in the erection of a Hall that will be tbe btma fide property of Chartists , where they may sit uDder their own roof , none daring to make 'em afraid . " I Bhall do so ! very briefly , and I hope efiectnnlly . ; I can just recollect very faintly the Blanket Men , as they wetu called , in 1817 ; and , to the best of my recollection and knowledge , the Radicals used to meet

      in publio houses , having no place of their own , and renting no room . In 1819 , I was only eight years of age , but I remember it as a thing of yesterday ; and although the Radical Association was pretty strong , I am not aware of them having any places to hold their meetings to transact their local business ! but public houses—some met at each other ' s houses in small patties —but there was no place rented or possessed by the Radicals , for the express purpose of teaching political knowledge . In 1829 , and all through tbe agitation for the Reform Bill , in Manchester , I onlyj knew two private rooms , and think there was at least one hundred places of meeting in public houses .

      I shall not attempt to show that our principles and tippling bouses ought never to be associated together ; but I will say that bad the Radicals of 1819 , or 1829 , been in possession of a place for meetings of their own , ve should have been very much in advance of our present position ; for , soon as persecution came , the magistrates threatened the landlords with tbe loss of their licences , and then the rooms were denied the use of to the Radicals ; and thus , being without places to meet in , ( three times to my knowledge ) , has the cause retrograded , and the sheep been scattered ; j but I dou't mean to say that all the fault lay in the meetings being held at public bouses , but in the Radicals not being

      the masters of their meeting room . I know many localities who have held their meetings ; in private rooms , chapalB , school-rooms , &c ., who have been denied the use of those places since last August ; and tbe effect has been that the Association in those places havo dwindled into a very small compass . ! ; Now , my friends , we are stronger and capable of doing more than any part of the Kingdom ; Lancashire , is the parent of Chartism ; it has always ranked A 1 in tbe good cause , bo I beg of you to let it keep its place in setting an example to the country , by erecting places of your own , and thus avoid the rock on which you have split before . :

      The Chartists of this Kingdom are not a contemptible body , for by the strenuous efforts of somebody that I could name , and the spread of sound politicalkuowledge by the Northern Slar , and by tke disinterested and persevering exertions of those who dared to spsak truth , the Chartists are now somebody in the empire , nay , I think I shall not be saying too much , if I say we are the most powerful body in the nation . ; If this be true , let us give permanance and stability to our movement , by getting places of our own where we can meet in times of persecution as well as toleration , and be able to bid defiance to prejudice or tyranny .

      I know this is easier said than done . I know tha difficulties you are battling with ; I know j what you have doue , aud I know that you can do a little more , but most especially for such a glorious object Our iads at Manchester intend to have a Hall of their own , to be built by shares at ten shillings per share . More than twenty shares were taken up last Sunday , and they will be happy to receive the assistance of any of our friends who can spare a little . The subscriptions are sixpence per week . ! I would advise our country friends who wish to assist In this glorious wotk to bring or send their subscriptions at once , and not delay , for the good work is going on rapidly in Manchester , and I think our friends intend to knock np a wooden chapel , as a temporary rallying point , until the Hall ( which it is suggested , will be called the Buncombe Hall , ) is built . Yours trnly , T . DlCKfNSON .

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      repeat the experiment—and who can deny the eolicita * tion ? The " interesting sitnation" of the Monarch , is a tale for every ear , a theme for every tongue ; two of the consorts of tbe patriots , have the same ordeal to pass more quickly , and Vill you suffer to be added to " nature's sorrow" the grief of solitude and want ? Let a million generous hearts reverberate the consolation , " NO ! " ' The Ganeral Fund is requisite , , let it be long and well supplied ; but the claims of the Potteries are Immediate and urgent . A committee is appointed , find them some work ; stimulate their exertion ^ and let the dear wives and . children of the captives be cheered and nourished in their absence . Mr . H . Forster , Etruria , Potteries , will receive and duly account for- all remittances .

      Scotia , one of your servants , who has laboured extensively among you , aaks your sympathy , —justify bis confidence , and let your mites mitigate your brother Southern's wrongs ,. Cordially and faithfully , Thos . Datives , Delegate to Conference from Hawick . Macclesfield , Jan , 21 th , 1843 .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Dear Sir—On behalf of the committee I am appointed to request you , if possible , to kindly spare as much room in your valuable paper , as would give the enclosed insertion ; by doing so you will greatly oblige Youra , &c , Charles Taylor , Painter . Sub-Secretary to the National Charter ¦ Association . TO THE CHARTrSTS OF MANCHESTER AND THE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS .

      Brother Chartists . —The time approaches when those friends of freedom , who stand foremost in the democratic ranks , advocating the rights and liberties of the poverty-stricken and enslaved victims of Class Legislation , will be placed upon their triala > -ew auty then , as men and Chartists , being by all means in oar power , to aid and assist in raising funds for their defence , a committee has been formed in Manchester to get up a clothes Raffl * ( the approbation of the General Council of Manchester having been given to the plan

      laid before them for such object ) tbe profits arising from which will realize a sum of five pounds , for tha benefit of the General Defence Fund , and which at the same time will furnish the winners with good and substantial wearing apparel . The committee earnestly call upon you in your various localities to render them your support and co-operation in carrying the same into effect . PLAN OF THE RAFFLE . £ 8 d 300 Members at one shilling each 15 0 0

      15 Prizes , as under : — 5 Suits of C-ri , or Moleskin . 25 s . per Suit 6 5 0 5 Pair do . Trowsera at 9 s . p . pair 2 5 0 3 Waistcoats do . do . at 6 a . each 0 18 0 1 Jacket , do . do . at lla ... 0 11 0 1 WaUtcoat-piece , a gift . £ 9 19 0 9 19 0

      £ 5 10 Tbe Raffle will take place on Tuesday February 28 th , 1843 , at eight o ' clock , in the Chartist Room , Brown-street . Tickets are new . on sale at Mr . Leach's , Oak street , Mr . Jacques ' , Oldham-road , Mr . Brown's Temperance Hotel , New Cross , Mr . Leach's , hair dresser , New Islington , aud a * tha various meetings of the Association .

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      David Pollock has received the appointment of Commissioner of tbe Court for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors , vacant by the decease of the lamented Mr . Bowen . Malta , —On board the Lowther , merchant-vessel now discharging at the Victualling-yard , is a toy for Meheoiet Ah , in the shape of a cannon weighing no less than eighteen tons and measuring fifteen feet six inches , with shot for the same , each weighing 445 lb . "Non parvii componere magna solebam " but we should think that this exceeds Queen Elizabeth's pocket-pistol .

      Thh Movkhing fisms , — -Mocb cowpasaioir was excited at the Essex quarter sessions on Wednesday for a poor woman , who was thrown into an agooy of grief and weeping on her husband being sentenced to transportation . w Oh ! " exclaimed the almost frantic creature , " what will become of me and my poor children ? And there , too , he ' s got his best clothes on , why would not the old ones have done just aa well V' The consciousness of this additional loss was too much for her nerves , and the poor woman was taken out of court : in a fainting fit . —Ipswich Express .

      A Conscientious Dissenteb . —An amusing scene oecurred at our late sessions . A witness was called into the box , and took hold of the Testament with becoming gravity , as it was thought , to be sworn . But when told , as usual , to kiss the book , he demurred , on the ground of " conscientious" objections , when the following colloquy occurred : —Clerk : Are you a Quaker ?— Witness : No : I am a Baptist . — Clerk : You mnst kiss the book , Sir . —Witness t This book tells me I am to swear not at all . Clerk : You must kiss the book , or you will not be allowed your expenses . _ These words acted like magic on the " conscientious" Dissenter , his scruples immediately vanished , and ' he hastily raised the bookia his lips , amidst roars of laughter from the whola Court . —Durham Advertiser .

      Fatal Railwa y Accident . —On Saturday morning , at about half-past 4 o ' clock , the following , dreadful accident occurred on the London and Brighton Railway . —It appears that a ballast engine , called the Venus , Job Smith , engine-driver , waa proceeding towards Brighton , when on amvingnear . the Red-Hi 3 station , one of the company ' s . servants , named Tullett , came out of hia cottage by tke side of , the railway , and held up his lamp to stop the engine , to give instructions to the driver . Tbe steam , was emit off and the break pnt on , but TulUtt , it is supposed , got by mistake on the same line as the engine . Smith , the driver , saw the unfqrtunateman ' s lantern knocked down the embankment , and immediately exclaimed to the fireman , ** We have run over Tullett . " Every exertion was made to stop the engine , but the whole train passed over him . Tullett was picked up and carrfed to his own cottage . He presented a frightful spectacle ; the top sod back part of h s head were literally cut iff , leaving his face nair . jaredv Although the whole train had passed over him , none of hia limbs were broken , the doceased . beJPg fenoofeed down between tbe metala .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NOETHEEN STAR . Sir , —In your paper of the 24 th of December last , is reported the particulars of an inquest held before Mr . George Dyson , coroner for Halifax , aud a Jury at Waterhead Mill , in Saddle worth , on the body of Lucy Milligan . The Jury , in their verdict , found that she died by tbe visitation of God , accelerated by ] the want of earlier medical attendance and proper attention and sufficient nourishment , aud that they strongly ; censured the conduct of the overseers and officers of the ' township of Spotland , ia nob ascertaining the situation of the deceased , after repeated representations . [

      Tiie overseers and vestrymen of Spotland are desirous to remove tbe stigma that is cast upon them and to fix the blame , if any , upon those who ought to bear it . Tbe township of Spotland is distant many miles from Saddlewortb , and the Jury seem to have been ignorant that it is the duty of the parish officers of the township in which paupers are resident to administer to their wants , and communicate with the overseers e-f the township in which they are settled ; if this were not so tha overseers would be obliged to travel a cumber of miles and neglect their own poor . i

      No official communication was made to the overseers of Spotland of the real situation of the deceased , aa appears by the evidence before tbe Coroner and Jury , until the 13 th of December last , when assistance waa promptly rendered by them . An illegitimate child of the deceased wasaffiliated bytnagistmtes in petty sessions at Rochdale , on Monday , when the cireurnstancesrelating to tbe death of the deceased came before them , and it was their opinion that the deceased had been treated by the oveisiers of Spotland with every attention , ! and uo blame attached to them , and that if the deceased was neglected , the parish officers where she resided and died , were the culpable parties . : The overseers and vestrymen of Spotland feel deeply the stigma improperly cast upon them , and are ; wishful that the above statement should appear in your next Saturday ' s paper , and they are willing to pay any charge you may make for its insertion .

      I am , Sir , Your obedient Servant , Samuel Stott , Assistant-Overseer . Rochdale , 12 th January , 1813 . | [ This letter should have been inserted in accordance with iu dsto ; but waa accidentally mislaid and forgotten—Ed . N . SJ i

      THE VICTIMS . AN APPEAL TO PATRIOTISM AND HUMANfTF . The exile , Ellis , baa deservedly found a powerful advocate in tbe indomitable Cooper . John Cleave has disinterestedly and nobly appealed on behalf of the General Victim Fund—who accepts the patriotic offer ? Ten shillings from any locality will secure its Value in circulars from him , and yet be devoted to the prisoners and their families , while the former may be refunded by sale of the latter . What an opportunity to " spread the Charter , " and alao to Bave its victims 1 ) What Briton ' s heart waa ever yet callous to the call of destitution , to the cry of distress ? Five families in the neighbourhood of Hartley are deprived of their protectors , the providers of their bread—for crime ? No ;

      but for principle , energy , aud kindness . Shall they be consigned to the tender mercies of parochial care , oS union hospitality 7 Some of them are . Forbid it Chartism , prevent it humanity . Cooper and ] South Staffordshire have undertaken for the widowed wife and orphans of Ellis , but where is the advocate of his compatriots ' claims , where ? Who baa pleaded for the amiable , the energetic , the interesting Ann Yates , her competitor , Oldham ? the unfortunate Cunlifie , tha needy family of the zealous Neeaam ? A sum not exceeding four pounds , of public contribution , divided among the whole , from the time of the special

      commission till the present Inhabitants of the Potteries , wipe away the reproach—Chartists of the united kingidpm , discharge the ^ obligatiou—subjects of the British lampire , aid in the work of mercy . Dry np the widow ' s tears , check the orphan ' s sigh , " feed the hungry , clothe tha naked , visit the prisoners . " " Remember them that are in bonds , and them that si'jfer adversity . " They struggled zealously , they fell gloriously ; aid them nobly . Let it not be said " the goot » . and the true" are sacrificed , and they fell unheeded 2 If so , who jean be expected to follow in their course , how shall any of them resume their labour whe / j released from prison and from bonds ? >

      Brother Chartists , let us -arouse from our apathylet us shake off our slaggisb ' aess—let us banish unmanly diffidence—let us sacrifiV , a pot and a pipe , a meal , a few bout ' s labour . If > e cannot give , we can beg , or sell , as Mr . Cleave proposes . Tbe writer , on his own responsibility , urgei * the case a fow evenings ago , upon a small audience , 'who baa alreaiy contributed for other puipoueB , and they responded to the culL Wiio will

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      BRITISH PATRIOTS IN FRANCE . We have received , along with a contribution te tha Victim Fund , the following from a few English operatives resident a . t Bologne-anr-Mer : — Sie , —Though far from our native laud and the men we love , we feel deeply interested in the mighty struggle for the rightful liberty of the industrious classes ; and glory iu tbe sure and steady progress of the principles of tbe People ' s Charter . We feel highly satisfied with the decisive stand which our Chartist brethren made in favour of tbe Charter at the late Conference in Birmingham . We are very much pleased with the bold and uncompremiaing conduct of «< ur esteemed friend Mr . O'Connor , in defence of his

      moral character , ( which some of his enemies of the Corn Law League have tried to injure , ) and the great principles which be has so worthily , faithfully , and successfully advocated . We heartily sympathise with our suffaring brethren , , and wish that those who are engaged in the cause of Chartism , which in emphatically the poor man ' s cause , tbe cause of humanity , justice , and truth , may be strengthened and encouraged by all who love their country and desire that corrupt and oppressive systems may be swept at once and for ever from the society of men , and laws aud commerce based upon the sacred and inviolable rights of the

      people . ' Though circumstances arising from claaalegislation and unequal rights bave driven us to seek bread for our wives and children in a foreign laud , we feel united with our brethren in the good cause , and if we cannot be with them personally in the field of contest , and certain victory , they bave our hearts , our wishes , our prayers , and aa far aa we are able , our pecuniary assistance . Our hearts say success to the Charter and to all who are fighting for it . May the Charter soon become the law of the land , and every working man be free ; and then the emancipated slaves of Britain will mean what they say , when they sing : — " Britons never shall be slaves . "

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      POLAND . We have received a copy of a Polish newspaper , the While Eagle , in which the address of our Sheffield friends is translated . The following , our Correspondent gives us as the translation of tbe Editorial comments by which it is introduced to tue Polish readers of the White Eagle : — ' The following extract from a Sheffield paper , the Northern Star , will be perused with great pleasure by our readers . It is the first popular manifestation in England made in favour of the Polish cause without any previous Polish exertions to that effect ; and as its views

      on the subjeot are incomparably purer and more correct than those of all the speeches ever pronounced in the British senate , or at all tbe mefetVnsB of tbe so called ' Literary Association of the Friemls of Poland , ' it will prove to every one that even in England it is not through diplomatic duplicity , but through sincere exposition of our principles , in all their extent , that we can gain the sympathy of the people at large , to Whom , and to whom only , we have tbe mission of addi easing ourselves in the name of our nation as it , is the destiny of the people at large to pronounce ultimately iu all such , questions as that of Poland . " fi r r \ m i ' ii ¦ i i n f ¦ fc ^^^^^ B ^^^ M" 1 ^ 1 " —a "! ~ i ' — ¦¦ "! i ~ t ru

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      THE NORTHERN STAR . — ¦¦ ~ : ^ zzzjw i —— -

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 4, 1843, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct968/page/7/